Fitaccen jarumin Nollywood Francis Duru ya rasu yana da shekaru 57

Fitaccen jarumin Nollywood Francis Duru ya rasu yana da shekaru 57 bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya. Iyalinsa sun sanar da mutuwarsa a wata sanarwa da aka wallafa a shafinsa na Instagram da sanyin safiyar Juma'a.

"Mu iyalin Francis Duru, muna ba da haƙuri sanar da rasuwarsa bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya," in ji sanarwar. Iyalin sun godewa magoya bayansa saboda addu'o'insu, ƙauna da fahimtarsu.

Channels TV, tana ambaton wata majiya daga cikin iyalin, ta ruwaito cewa Duru ya rasu ne da misalin ƙarfe 10 na dare ranar Alhamis a Asibitin Kasa da ke Abuja. Ya bar mata da yara.

Ga yawancin 'yan Najeriya, Duru yana ɗaya daga cikin fuskokin da aka sani a zamanin fina-finan kaset, jarumin da ka san shi daga tarin kaset ɗin da ke cikin falo. Ya fara wasan kwaikwayo ne a shekarar 1989 a fim ɗin Missing Mark, wanda marigayi Ndubuisi Oko ya ba da umarni. Amma rawar da ya taka a matsayin matashin Ahanna a fim ɗin aiki na Rattlesnake a shekarar 1995, wanda marigayi Amaka Igwe ta shirya, ce ta sa ya zama sananne a kowane gida.

An haife shi ranar 27 ga Yuli, 1969, a Kamaru ga iyayen Najeriya daga Jihar Imo, ya yi karatun firamare da sakandare a can kafin ya koma Najeriya. Ya karanta Theatre Arts a Jami'ar Port Harcourt, Jihar Rivers, kuma ya kammala a shekarar 1996.

Ya ci gaba da kasancewa a kan allo fiye da shekaru talatin, yana ƙaura daga fina-finan VHS zuwa kallon yanar gizo. Daga cikin fina-finansa akwai Blood Money (1997), Stigma (2013), Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons (2018), The Good Husband (2020) da Blood Vessel (2023). A shekarar 2020 ya lashe kyautar Mafi Kyawun Jarumi a Babbar Rawar (Igbo) a kyaututtukan Best of Nollywood saboda fim ɗin Mboputa.

Baya ga wasan kwaikwayo, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai shirya fim, darakta, mai yin murya da kuma mai gabatar da shirye-shirye. Ya kasance shugaban riƙon ƙwarya na ƙungiyar Actors Guild of Nigeria a shekarar 2010 kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Jakadan Zaman Lafiya a shekarar 2007.

Makoki a Nollywood

Mutuwarsa ta zo makonni biyar bayan masana'antar ta yi rashin fitaccen jarumi Olu Jacobs. Fitaccen jarumi Kanayo O. Kanayo, yana makoki a Instagram, ya kira Duru "ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun 'yan wasa mafi sassauci da Najeriya ta taɓa samarwa" kuma ya ce: "Ƙwararren ɗan wasa ya bar fage."

Haka kuma ta zo shekaru biyu bayan Duru ya yi rashin ɗansa mai shekaru 15, Ifeanyi, a watan Agustan 2024. Ya nuna makokinsa a fili game da yaron, yana kwatanta shi da "zakara" da "zaki" wanda ya yi yaƙi ba tare da tsoro ba.

A watan Yunin wannan shekarar, Duru ya musanta rahotannin da ke cewa yana fama da wata cuta mai barazana ga rayuwa. Bayan wani bidiyo da ya nuna shi a raunane ya bazu a yanar gizo, ya wallafa wani bidiyo yana kiran faifan bidiyon "na ƙirƙira ne kuma na ƙeta".

Majiyoyi sun bambanta kan adadin yaran da ya bari. Punch ta ruwaito cewa ya auri matarsa, Adokiye, a shekarar 2003 kuma suna da yara huɗu, yayin da Channels TV ta ce ya bar mata da yara biyu.

Iyalinsa sun nemi addu'o'i da fahimta yayin da suke makoki.